Hey everybody.
Well, as you may have suspected just from a simple glance at the title, I am making a Deviantart Journal entry just for the hell of it. It's been a while since I got a chance to sit down and type on the Internet. I've been working all day, nearly everyday on the play I'm doing at my school. Rehearsals recently have gone from 9:00 AM till 10:30 PM. Though I know it's going to be worth it in the end. Too bad I can't put it up on YouTube or anything. I would've liked to show all my Internet friends the effort I've put into it.

On another note, in a few weeks I'll be going to Japan. I'll be there for at least two weeks or possibly less then that. Now that I will definitely record and put up on YouTube. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm going to be spending the first week in a Japanese school and then the following week I'll be going to various Japanese places like Kyoto, Tokyo, Hiroshima, etc. I feel I'm going to have a great time there, and I'm sure a lot of you are jealous of me. I'll tell you all about it when I get back.

And one last thing, I really want to start becoming more active on YouTube and make regular videos, hopefully becoming popular by creating original material, however, I'm low on ideas. Would anybody like to suggest something for a video, whether it be a short comedy or a vlog of some type?

Open auditions for a Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro fandub. I was originally only going to post this on YouTube, but Jarreth said that he knew some Deviantart friends who'd be happy to help out with voice-acting, so I have written this to inform those who are interested of our fandub. If you are interested, please email me your audition or create a YouTube video auditioning for it and send the link through a private message. Here are the planned voice actors so far. Some may be changed, so if a character you like is taken, you may still get the part if you can prove you're best suited for it.

Neuro Nougami - Jarreth Armstrong (Jaaron)
Yako Katsuragi - OPEN
Shinobu Godai - OPEN
Eishi Sasazuka - Jarreth Armstrong (Jaaron)
Jun Ishigaki - Mitchell Smith (mitchell00)
Masakage Shirota OPEN
Akane - OPEN

If you don't know of the series, the first episode can be found here.
[link] - Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro - Episode 1 (YouTube)

And to research the characters, there is a list of them here.
[link] - Nougami Neuro Wikia - Characters

There are very few of you out there who are watching me on Deviantart who are aware of some of my past attempts at Mega Man sprite comics. There was Sandwich Man (2004-2005), Mega-Rhys (2006-2008) and then there was Slight Miscalculation (2008-2009). But now I am making a new sprite comic series that will still use the 16-bit Mega Man style you're all familiar with, but will not have anything to do with the blue bomber at all. It is actually going to be a comedy/adventure series, written like an original webcomic.

You're probably wondering why I'm not going with the more common option and drawing it. Well, that was my original intention, however I have decided to sprite it because, firstly, I do not have a scanner, meaning I'd have to borrow my friend's scanner making updates less frequent and, secondly, because it'll be much more easier to finish with the wide variety of resources. Of course, for Mega Man fans, Mega Man characters will make occasional cameos, but they are not going to be the main focus of my series.

Oh, and for the people who don't know, a sprite is a two-dimensional/three-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. Most of the time, they're pixelated and can be created and edited easily in Microsoft Paint. They are used for many things, mainly for video games though, but they can also be used for artwork and comics. To edit or create your own sprites is called "spriting".

Hopefully, this series will be getting it's own website and it'll be updated weekly, so keep an eye out for it through-out the year.

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Well, it's the start of 2009 and in about I week I'm going to have to go back to school. I feel so lazy and exhausted at the moment, but it isn't due to lack of sleep, it is because it is extremely hot. It feels like my house is burning, even though it isn't. There isn't much I can say to describe how hot it is. I have my fan turned up to it's highest level and it isn't helping the temperature at all. I don't feel like going down to the beach or the swimming pool though, because every time I go down there, some way or another I'll get sun burnt.

On a completely irrelevant matter, my manga Dark Blade (which never properly got started anyway) is being canceled and replaced by a new comic I am creating based on a robot teenager who kills people. I won't go into to much detail because this heat is making me really tired and dizzy, but whenever I try to lay down, everything feels like I'm sitting on an oven. My Internet is also running extremely slowly and I can't seem to figure out why. Extreme heat doesn't effect the Internet, does it?

It's getting really close to Christmas, and usually this time of year, I'd be extremely happy. Even last year, I was happy, it's just nice to see the positive feeling going around with everyone out in the everyday world when the Christmas season is around. Though it does feel a bit weird to be singing "Jingle Bells" or other winter-related songs when it is extremely hot outside. Being in Australia means it is currently the middle of summer.

Back on the subject though, I don't think I'm going to enjoy Christmas this year, like I did the last 14/15 years. My family has been poor this year. I don't know why exactly, my dad told me that it was complicated and had to do with the stock market, but everyone in my family will only be getting one present this year, and it won't be that great of a present.

Though, when I think about it, there isn't really anything I want at the moment. I got everything I need at the moment. Though it might be a bit of a dull Christmas, it doesn't seem to bother me that much. Though one thing that will bother me, is my niece and nephew coming over during Christmas, honestly, they figure out a way to ruin it every year.

On a complete change of subject, when the school ended, I thought it'd be great. At last I'll have more free time in order to play or work on my drawings. I haven't gotten a single day of peace. One day, my friends want to come over to my house. The following day, someone wants me to invite me to their house. Another day I could be acting in a film that I didn't even remember agreeing to. And then the next day, my sister and her friends want to take me shopping. I wanted my holidays to be peaceful.

All I want is to sit at home, draw manga, write stories, roleplay, work on game codes and movie script ideas, then just simply play a few online games. Is that too much to ask for?

Aw, well. Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
And have a good new year in 2009!